by Jeff Meyer | July 29, 2007

Howdy! What a revolting turn of events. Sometimes, I am simply stunned at how seemingly good ideas can backfire so badly. In this particular instance, the San Diego convention team decided to carefully limit attendance on Saturday at this year's show, in order to avoid the dreadful overcrowding that occurred last year. Well, it worked....

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by Jeff Meyer | July 29, 2007

In honor of Mark Waid becoming chief editor at BOOM, I present a 1994 AOL interview. Learn more about the history of the man who will guide BOOM. http://www.thecomicforums.com/forum2//index.php?showtopic=115219

by Jeff Meyer | July 28, 2007

The 2007 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards Presented the evening of Friday, July 27, 2007, as part of the 2007 Comic-Con International: San Diego. Best Short Story "A Frog’s Eye View," by Bill Willingham and James Jean, in Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall (Vertigo/DC) Best Single Issue (or One-Shot) Batman/The Spirit #1: "Crime Convention,"...

by Jeff Meyer | July 28, 2007

Howdy! I had to recover this morning, as I just about went down for the count. I don't know why it occurs, but my West Nile illness suddenly hit me at about 9 AM, and by 11 I was thinking that I might just pass out right in the middle of our booth at the...

by Jeff Meyer | July 28, 2007

Here are some teasers from the upcoming DARK KNIGHT movie, which were released at the San Diego Comic Con this week: [evo_gallery]189426674329588[/evo_gallery] The movie trailer can be viewed here: http://www.whysoserious.com/

by Jeff Meyer | July 27, 2007

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Filmmaker Zack Snyder (300), who is set to direct Warner Bros. Pictures’ feature film adaptation of the award-winning graphic novel Watchmen, today announced the cast of the highly anticipated epic before 6,500 fans during a presentation at this year’s Comic-Con International convention in San Diego, California. Watchmen will be produced by Lawrence Gordon...

by Jeff Meyer | July 27, 2007

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MySpace, the nation’s most trafficked website, and Dark Horse Comics, pioneers of creator owned and licensed comics material, today announced a partnership to revive one of the most celebrated comic anthologies with the launch of a new online comic book, “MySpace Dark Horse Presents” (http://www.myspace.com/darkhorsepresents). The online series will include original content by...

by Jeff Meyer | July 27, 2007

SAN DIEGO COMIC CON-July 26th, 2007-New York filmmaker and actor, Ed Burns (Brothers McMullen, Saving Private Ryan) is creating a new series of comic books, it was announced today by Burns at Comic-Con, the industry's annual super-festival in San Diego. The series, entitled /Dock Walloper/, debuts in comic shops and online comic retailers in November....

by Jeff Meyer | July 27, 2007

Check out these sneak previews of some of the Marvel Comics that will be available 08/01/07. Fantastic Four #548 Written by DWAYNE MCDUFFIE Penciled by PAUL PELLETIER Cover by MICHAEL TURNER Fantastic Four vs. Frightful Four-'Nuff Said! 32 PGS./Rated A 2.99 [evo_gallery]153454121424521[/evo_gallery] Ms Marvel #18 Written...

by Jeff Meyer | July 27, 2007

Howdy! I'm a bit weary today, as I was here at the convention center until 11 PM last evening. The "Preview Night" hours were only from 6 PM - 9 PM, but Lynne and I had to stay after hours in order to send a young man to jail. We caught him shoplifting (he was...

by Jeff Meyer | July 27, 2007

July 27th, 2007 San Diego Comic-Con - In a surprise announcement that rocked the comic-book world, BOOM! Studios revealed that fan-favorite scribe Mark Waid will become BOOM!'s Editor-in-Chief effective August 1st, 2007. Waid will fill a key position in the company previously held informally by Publisher and co-owner, Ross Richie. "BOOM! Studios is the next...

by Jeff Meyer | July 27, 2007

Updated shipping information for comics and products being released beyond next week as of 07/27/02007, provided by Diamond Distribution and our friends at Things From Another World. DC COMICS Programme #2 8/15/2007 Stardust: Moon Star Statue 8/8/2007 Superman Chronicles Vol 3 TPB 8/8/2007 Superman Confidential #8 10/17/2007 MARVEL COMICS Halo: Uprising #1 8/15/2007...

by Jeff Meyer | July 26, 2007

Comic-Con, San Diego CA (July 25, 2007)― Energize! TOKYOPOP and CBS Consumer Products have joined forces once again to produce an intriguing and unforgettable look at the Final Frontier with Star Trek: The Manga: Kakan Ni Shinkou, the second volume in the hit Star Trek manga series, based on Captain James T. Kirk's historic adventures...

by Jeff Meyer | July 26, 2007

For your edification, a variety of San Diego Comic-Con News, gathered from many reputable sources across the internet. From Newsarama: DiDio started to wrap up the panel by saying this was the first Countdown panel where no one asked what was being counted down to. DiDio said that as of issue #26 the...

by Jeff Meyer | July 26, 2007

Howdy! I'll start off today, by letting you know that this newsletter was not ever supposed to be written. When we were planning for this year's convention, it quickly became evident that we had ordered so many books to sell in our display that we had no choice but to cover all of our front...

by Jeff Meyer | July 26, 2007

VICTORY! By Starkings & Moritat, cover by Boo Cook, variant cover by Ladrönn Even in the face of blistering resistance, it seems that nothing can stop MAPPO's advance across Scandinavia. But as Hip Flask comes face to face with the last vestiges of humanity in the frozen Scandinavian wastes, he discovers that only the dead...

by Jeff Meyer | July 26, 2007

Thanks to Comic Geek Speak and their site "The Comics Forums," we have a new home for our message board, hopefully one that will be more appealing and useful than any previous attempt at a ComicList message board. You can reach the new forum here: http://www.thecomicforums.com/forum2//index.php?showforum=177 Please visit it and the other forums there, and...

by Jeff Meyer | July 26, 2007

ComicList: New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, August 1, 2007, by Charles LePage. Information provided by our friends at Things From Another World. Pre-order and save 20%! This is the *preliminary* list and is not complete. The complete, and much more accurate, list will be published next week. This information is primarily compiled...

by Jeff Meyer | July 26, 2007

Austin, TX (PRWEB) July 26, 2007 -- iTaggit, the leading social collecting and personal asset management service, today announced its partnership with Platinum Studios, an entertainment media company that controls one of the world’s largest independent libraries of comic book characters. As a result of the unique relationship, iTaggit is making significant additions to their...

by Jeff Meyer | July 26, 2007

July 27th, 2007, San Diego Comic-Con – Entertainment Weekly's greatest movie of all time becomes a comic book this winter, thanks to a new licensing agreement between Paramount Pictures and BOOM! Studios. THE GODFATHER makes comic book and graphic novel readers an offer they cannot refuse. BOOM! Studios is planning to publish a graphic novel...